After the London Bridge terrorist attack
Defence

Minister of Interior to discuss event safety after terror in Europe

Lithuania’s Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas is Monday holding a meeting with top executives of private security companies to discuss threats of terrorism. […]

After terrorist attack in Istanbul
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian leaders condemn Istanbul attack

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis have condemned the terror attack that claimed a multitude of lives in Istanbul in early hours of 2017. […]

Site of the Munich attack
Foreign affairs

Munich attack could be part of ‘chain reaction’ – Lithuanian minister

Friday’s attack in the German city of Munich should not be seen as Islamic, since it could have been a “chain reaction” to the the recent wave of terror attacks across Europe, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius.

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Foreign affairs

‘No Lithuanians hurt’ in Nice attack

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry says it has no information about Lithuanian nationals affected in the terrorist attack in the French seaside resort of Nice where a truck smashed into a crowd in early hours of Friday.

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Foreign affairs

Privacy must be balanced against security in fight against terrorism – Grybauskaitė

During her visit to Washington, Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė said that, in the fight against terrorism, we must find a balance between privacy, human rights and security. In an interview with CNN, she also underscored the importance of NATO in the fight against terrorism. […]